Using LanguageⅡ教案设计（一等奖）

Unit 5 Meeting your ancestors

明霞

郧阳区第二中学

教案

Teaching goals 教学目标

1. Target language 目标语言

a. 重点词汇和短语

archaeology, tentative, accuracy, excavate, interrupt, ornament, assume, regardless, sharpen, cut up, scrape, ample, primitive, preserve, bead, botany, botanical, analysis, specific, seashell, specifically b. 重点句型

I’m sorry to interrupt you but how could they live here?

We have been excavating layers of ash almost six meters thick, which suggests that they might have kept the fire burning all winter.

Yes, indeed, as the botanical analyses have shown us, all the fields around here used to be part of a large shallow lake.

That’s why they are called hunters and gatherers.

2. Ability goals 能力目标

Enable the students to tell the differences between modern people and Peking man and learn how Peking man lived their lives. 3. Learning ability goals 学能目标

Help the students learn how to tell the differences between modern people and Peking man and learn how Peking man lived their lives. Teaching important points 教学重点

Talk about Peking man in Zhoukoudian Caves. Teaching difficult points 教学难点

How to express oneself clearly and correctly. Teaching methods教学方法

Listening, reading and discussion. Teaching aids 教具准备

a projector and a computer.

Teaching procedures & ways教学过程与方式

Step 1. Lead-in Step 2. Reading After listening.

1.

The text is about a visit a group of students from ________ paid to the Zhoukoudian caves, from which they learned a lot about the ____ of the early people living there. 2. Divide the passage into three parts and find out the main idea of each part. Careful reading Let the students read the passage again and answer the following questions.

Show the questions on the screen. 1. Why have the English students come to the Zhoukoudian caves? 2. Where did early people live? 3. How did early people keep warm? 4. What did they use for doors? 5. What did they eat? 3 minutes later, check the answers. Step 3. Post-reading Discussion Use the information above to write a brief introduction. What differences are there? Give the students 3 minutes to discuss their conclusion. Then check the answers.

Sample answers:

There are many similarities. But Peking Man also constructed fires by which they kept warm, cooked food and scared wild animals away. They used needles made of bone. Besides, they wore necklace made of animal bones or shells. They took part in trade activities. And they killed animals for food. Step4. Summary and homework 1. Review the text and pick out the difficult language points. 2. Preview Learning about Language